PETA Holds Naked Protest At Slaughterhouse

Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested in front of the JBS Swift slaughterhouse in Louisville on Wednesday.

The temperature was 28 degrees with a brisk wind as PETA members lay nearly naked on large trays, covered in plastic with signs reading ?Meat is Murder.? The packages were meant to mimic typical meat packages.

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Red liquid to symbolize animal blood was poured on the shivering body of vegetarian Sam Hartman.

?He's a piece of meat like any person made of flesh. It doesn't matter if they are an animal or person,? said PETA volunteer April Fultz.

A nearly naked Robin Brown of southern Indiana also volunteered for the cellophane wrap. She believes vegetables are the way too go.

?I don't like animals being tortured and slaughter,? Brown said.

The protest was part of World Week for the Abolition of Meat.

Activists also handed out leaflets to passers-by.

JBS Swift workers were reluctant to comment but watched from the sidewalk and from the windows.

Counter-protester Wil Hammel stopped by during the noon hour.

?I just came by here to eat and show my support for PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals,? Hammel said.

Louisville Metro police officers stood watch, but there were no incidents.

The demonstration was supposed to last an hour but ended about 15 minutes early.

?Under the plastic things tend to warm up. Volunteers are very brave and they are the ones who made the choice that animals very rarely get,? said New York PETA organizer Ashley Byrne.

PETA is planning a more permanent protest in Louisville. The organization is trying to get a permit to erect a crippled chicken statue in the Highlands.